St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-11

/ tiOn and a dreaded reputation Which
would have followed him for all time
among his kinsmen and his friends, he
paid most dearly for his crime. Writhing
/ in pain, unable then and forever more
! to speak, with blood gushing from his
/ lungs through the orifice in his throat,
His Lower Jaw Gone
his eyes hanging on his cheeks as those
of men strangled OH the gallOws often
hang, unconscious and breathing SO
slightly that at first he was deemeL. to
be dead, was this extraordinary cOmbi-
nation of Self-cOnceit, mental stubborn
ness and expert intelligence of physi-
cal sturdity, of devilish intent. I'M
agine two cylindrical pens filled with
| Illuminating mercury closed at one end,
| holding a short fuse at the other. This
it is supposed was put by Lingg into
his mouth, the fuse lighted by candle
flame OF cigar. Quickly burning the
| fuse communicated with the deadly eX-
| plosive and the end came. Had the
shell been pushed further into his
mouth or had he inserted it in his nos
/ tril his head would have been blown to
| pieces. AS it was the supposition is
that the heat was so intense he could
put the shell but little distance in his
mouth and the explosion was
downward rather than up
ward, because the tissues of the
throat. the neck and the front of the
| jaw were entirely torn away, and the
terrific explosion seriously damaged the
! organs of respiration, breaking, if not
| destroying entirely, the tissues Of the
lung and the adjacent parts. He pre-
scented a sight which words fail to pic
! ture. No one was permitted near him
! except the doctors and few of us who
| Glanced to be in the Jail in the neigh
bOrhood of Q o'clock MutilatiOn is the
nearest word that approaches the de-
! ScriptiOn of the poor fellows face. His
/ skin literally hung in strips. His throat
was so opened as to reveal its interior
absolutely. Every now and then clOts
! of bloody matter, followed by great
| quantities of crimsOn-cOlOred blood, fol-
lowed each other in rapid succession.
1t seemed to be question of seconds
only as to when he would pass away.
His vitality was something wonderful,
his nerves, his grit and his power of en-
durance. Who, after this experience,
can deny it? For, although when con-
sciousnSSS came back to him, he
Suffered Untold AgOnies
he never grOaned, murmured nor com
/ planned. He was carried at once into an
| M fla
dressed his wound and a cOmmiserating
reporter held him in his arms. Convul-
| sive coughs and involuntary shudderS
| seemed to start fresh tlOWingS of his
blood, and he Shivered from head to
foot. The rapid flow of the blood
choked him and il was found necessary
to keep him in 4 sitting posture. In
the course of half an hour he moved his
hands and fingers, as though he would
like to write. A pad and pencil were
handed him, and he wrote in German:
Il can not breathe lying down; would
rather sit up TO the ineXpert and un-
professional eye death had set its seal
upon his features, but the physicians
were in doubt, or if not in doubt, they
were certainly very nOn-cOmmittal, for
they ventured to express no opinion be-
I yOnd that it was tOSS-up that he might
live or that he might die. although the
probabilities were in favor of his dying.
After an hour or so had passed the doc
tors, and particularly DR.. Gray, who
gave most intelligent attention to the
case, thought ii not impossible for him
| TO live over tonight and tomorrow, and
the sheriff
Expressed a Belief
that that would be the case, baSing his
| opinion upon similar occurrence of
which he had knowledge. that of man
who was shot prscisely as Lingg was, who
| lived for several days thereafter. AL
| though the general public were, as in
| deed they have now been for several
days. excluded from the Jail, those who
| are there by right form a by no means
| incOnsiderable group, and as the word
spread throughout the city that Lingg
| had blown his head off and the excite
| ment born of extras. which absolutely
flooded the Town. .affOrding the swearing
editors splendid opportunity for circu-
latiOn affidavitS, great crowds gathered
about the Jail. and those who had a right
came hurriedly in. Such a scene as
was there presented they never saw be-
fore. 1T might well be termed ghastly.
The narrow cell was spattered with
blood, with teeth, with bits of jawbone,
with Shreds of flesh and pieces of sOiled
| garments. On the floor, with footsteps
tracked, lay trail blood from the rear
| of the cell along the corridor to the
bath. The furniture was spotted with
blood and that indeScribable odor which
comes from mutilatiOns in general,
and those attended by bloody discharge
in particular, filled all the air. OF those
interested in the case first arrived Capt.
Black, sturdy, soldierly figure, with a
good, square face, in every line (which
is written an honest determination to
do what he believes right and best for
clients, good or bad. looked at him
with unfeigned admiration as with
dimmed eyes he leaned over the un-
fortunate fellow, who, opening his eyes.
looked steadfastly at him and nodded
his head. But as he did so the
Ragged Strips of Flesh
that hung to his face moved to and fro.
Literally overcome, the captain hur-
ried from the cell and instantly sought
the officials. the jailer, the sheriff, the
doctors, suggesting that consultation
should be held at once as TO whether a
man in Lingg's condition should be
hanged. DIR. Finger said that it would
be impossible TO hang him, and no one
ever heard Of wounded man be-
ing hanged. But the sheriff did
not exactly understand why there should
be any need of a consultation. In his
judgment the facts would settle the